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In <fortsa.36...@wwc.edu>, for...@wwc.edu (Samuel Fortiner) writes:
>>> Yes, but OS/2 is slow and quirky, and NOWHERE near as friendly as Win95.
>>Well, at least with warp you don't have stupid resource limitations.  As
>>for slow and quirky, do you care to back your name calling with
>>anything?
>
>I know for a fact that OS/2 on a 486/66 with 8 meg of ram swaps like hell.
>I've waited for over 20 seconds for it to minimize a window.  Win95 on the

I used OS/2 2.1 in 8MB 486-66 and it's not that bad.  A few-10
seconds once in while, but I don't remember waiting 20 seconds to
minimize a window.  I say your system's config is the problem,
check if the followings are true:

cache < 512k ?
initial swapfile size > 16MB ?
System sounds off ?
(if using Windows) DPMI in Win-OS2 setting > 32MB ?
Use lower color depth, less complex bitmap for slow video card.

>same system doesn't swap significantly, runs faster then OS/2, and is much
>more friendly.  OS/2 also takes significant setup to run dos games in a
>window.  Run Magic Carpet in a Win95 dos window without setting stuff up:
>been there, done that.  Run Magic Carpet in a OS/2 window without setting
>stuff up:  I don't think so.

It probably just means that Magic Carpet is in Win95's database,
try a game that is in OS/2's database, no setup needed.

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Oliver Chung
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